League Finals

Rio Hondo League Finals November 4, 2010 Lacy Park


	Varsity Men at League Finals


	Men Upset Temple City to Advance to CIF

Varsity Men
Place	Team	Points
1	South Pasadena	26
2	La Canada	42
3	San Marino	74
4	Temple City	87
5	Monrovia	154

Junior Peaky Yuter beat both of Temple City’s lead runners as did Senior Michael Gimbel. Also key to the men’s surprise win over TC was freshman Kenny Lee’s 22nd place in a time of 18:28.


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Guys’ Consolidated Results
Time	Runner	Race	Place
16:44	Peaky Yuter	Varsity	9
16:50	Michael Gimbel	Varsity	10
17:14	Robbie Moreton	Varsity	13
18:23	Drew Jack	Varsity	20
18:28	Kenny Lee	Varsity	22
19:33	Yuvan Wickramsinge	Varsity	28
20:12	Daniel Covarrubias	Varsity	30
21:20	Hunter Thrane	F-S	30
21:25	Taylor Beldy	JV	25
21:31	Devin Au	F-S	37
21:40	Justin Chow	F-S	21:40
21:54	Jason Hu	F-S	41
22:12	Billy Chai	F-S	45
22:57	Eric Yang	F-S	51
23:29	Hector Covarrubias	F-S	56
25:05	Justin Hua	JV	44


	And the Fifth Man is...


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The season seemed to hang in the balance, waiting for that all-important 5th runner to fill out the scoring and boost the men far enough to make CIF. Freshman Kenny Lee stepped up. Finishing only 2 places behind Titan freshman leader Drew Jack, Lee ran his heart out, as did all of the top 5.

The plan was that our top 3 had to beat Temple City’s second runner in order to have a chance and Drew had to take out their fifth man. Peaky and Michael shredded the playbook by out-racing not only their #2 but also their top runner, Danny Lu. Junior Robbie Moreton provided the finishing punch by placing right behind their #2, Vincent Wong. Peaky, Michael and Robbie have outperformed all year long and each has taken a turn at being top dog on the team. But, without those two freshman, the season would have ended today. BOTH freshmen ended up beating TC’s #4 and #5. We should note that Austin Situ, normally Temple City’s #4 runner, took a wrong turn and was disqualified. His DQ’d finish would have placed him well ahead of our freshmen. However, the team’s dominance today was such that the Titans would have won even if Situ hadn’t DQ’d.

So, the men join the girls in a dual CIF appearance. We are checking the records to determine the last time that both teams advanced to CIF in the same year.



	Freshman Drew Jack is urged on to the finish by former Coach Phil Ryan: “Give it all you’ve got!”

Competitive Matrix - Varsity Men
Place	San Marino	Temple City
9	Peaky (16:44)
10	Michael (16:50)
11		Lu (16:57)
12		Wong (17:01)
13	Robbie (17:14)
18		Han (18:00)
20	Drew (18:23)
22	Kenny (18:28)
23		Maurey (18:46)
24		Rivers (18:52)
25		Knox (18:58)
28	Yuvan (19:33)
30	Daniel (20:12)


	Junior Varsity Boys at League Finals


		Senior Justin Hua


	Frosh-Soph Boys at League Finals

2010-11-04 - frosh-soph boys (League Finals F-S)


	Will One of These Guys Step Up Next Year?

There is talent in this group of freshmen and sophomores but there is no fire yet. It is not unusual for freshmen to be less than enthusiastic about their sport. The summer before their sophomore season will be the litmus test. Solid summer workouts with the team with focus and commitment will tell the Coach and the team everything that they need to know about these guys. Work ethic and desire are the differences between varsity and JV. You make that choice at the beginning of the summer. Is there a CIF runner in this group?


	CIF

Lacy Park team time

87:39


		Varsity Girls at League Finals



		Freshman Alissa Barraza, senior Saskia Raether, senior Danielle Knott and freshman Veronica Mejia form the core leadership of the team.

	Girls Easily Advance to CIF

Last year, as the girls watched the guys advance through CIF, we kept saying it. The girls are going to be good next year. Today they made good on that prediction as they were a solid CIF qualifier in placing third in the League Finals race. Seven Titan runners finished in the 10th to 24th places, leaving all but two Temple City runners out of the scoring. Senior Danielle Knott set the pace for the girls’ top 4 as they stayed together through the first mile. The grass just after the mile mark began to separate them but freshman Alissa Barraza hung with Danielle. Senior Saskia Raether, running her final race at Lacy Park, worked the middle of the pack with a group of La Canada girls. Freshman Victoria Mejia, fought to keep up with Saskia the entire race and knocked 9 seconds off her previous performance at Lacy Park. Wow - two freshman in the top 4 of the team! Number 5 runner for us was junior Caitlin Hittner. Caitlin ran her own race and paced a 22-23-24 finish by the rest of the Titan team. With the temperature in the high 80s, only two girls bettered their course times from the first league meet at Lacy Park this year. But the conditions seemed to affect the Temple City girls more as the Titans cruised to a 80-106 victory today vs. a much narrower 77-85 win a month ago at Lacy Park.


	Junior Caitlin Hittner sets the pace for sophomore Michelle Dominguez and senior Andrea Mejia.

Competitive Matrix - Varsity Girls
Place	San Marino	Temple City
4		Jamie Peng (20:11)
10	Danielle (20:40)
12	Alissa (20:48)
17	Saskia (21:39)
19	Veronica (21:49)
21		Sally Deng (21:59)
22	Caitlin (22:00)
23	Michelle (22:19)
24	Andrea (22:22)
25		R. Wang (22:23)
26		J. Guan (22:43)
30		C Aranibar (23:31)
32		T. Chan (24:21)

Varsity Girls
Place	Team	Points
1	South Pasadena	25
2	La Canada	40
3	San Marino	80
4	Temple City	106
5	Monrovia	130

Veronica Mejia passes team parents with three-quarters of a mile to go. The freshman was the Titan’s #4 runner, playing a critical role for the team.

Girls’ Consolidated Results
Time	Runner	Race	Place
20:40	Danielle Knott	Varsity	10
20:48	Alissa Barraza	Varsity	12
21:39	Saskia Raether	Varsity	17
21:49	Veronica Mejia	Varsity	19
22:00	Caitlin Hittner	Varsity	22
22:19	Michelle Dominguez	Varsity	23
22:19	Lindsay Snaer	JV	3
22:22	Andrea Mejia	Varsity	24
23:06	Marina Flores	JV	9
23:07	Margaret Foley	JV	10
23:53	Sasha Netchaev	JV	15
24:03	Natalie Silk	JV	17
24:22	Rebecca Morris	JV	22
24:43	Yuwei Tu	JV	26
26:50	Lani Yamasaki	JV	36
27:49	Bailee Pelham	JV	45
28:19	Nora Titus	JV	47
28:28	Wendy Hui	JV	50
29:37	Louise Judge	JV	56
30:23	Sandy Recinos	JV	60


	Junior Varsity Girls at League Finals

Plenty of hard workers in this group - The girls team is loaded and there are plenty of girls that want a varsity slot and they have demonstrated the work ethic. Varsity is a “tough get” with this group.


		JV Girls Fight For Varsity

	The girls teams are a throw-back to the best San Marino teams of the past. We have hard workers on this team and a lot of them. That makes it more difficult for less naturally-gifted runners to out-work others in order to grab a varsity slot. So you have to admire the attitude of this group. There is a vibrant spirit and no surrender. Since this was their last race for the season, we’ll look at the pictures and say goodbye to the graduating JV runners.


	Graduating Seniors - Sasha Netchaev (left) and Erinn Lew (right) approach mile 1 in their last Lacy Park race.

Back next year - Rebecca Morris sets the pace for the core group of JV runners who will be back next year. Can one of these girls make varsity?



	So Close - Lindsay Snaer is a varsity runner that can’t quite stay there. She rips the rest of the JV field.




	No Quit - Marina Flores is one of the hardest workers on the team.

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